Onkel

See also: onkel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French oncle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/
• Hyphenation: On‧kel

• Audio:

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Noun

Onkel m (strong, genitive Onkels, plural Onkel or (colloquial) Onkels)

1. uncle

   Synonym: (archaic) Oheim

Usage notes

The most common plural is Onkel. The form Onkels is frequent in northern colloquial German and has become partly acceptable in standard usage (for example in prose, but not in elevated or official style).

Declension

Declension of Onkel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Onkel	die	Onkel, Onkels
genitive	eines	des	Onkels	der	Onkel, Onkels
dative	einem	dem	Onkel	den	Onkeln, Onkels
accusative	einen	den	Onkel	die	Onkel, Onkels

Derived terms

• Erbonkel
• Großonkel
• onkelhaft

 

Descendants

• → Danish: onkel
• → Latvian: onkulis

Further reading

• “Onkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Onkel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Onkel” in Duden online
• Onkel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋkl̩/

Noun

Onkel m (plural Onkel)

1. uncle

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Onkel, English uncle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/, [ˈɔŋkl̩]

Noun

Onkel m (plural Onkel)

1. uncle

Plautdietsch

Noun

Onkel m (plural Onkels)

1. uncle

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian onkel, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Noun

Onkel m

1. (anatomy) ankle